Fulminant Hepatic Failure with Intractable Ascites Due to an Echovirus 11 Infection Successfully Managed with a Peritoneo-Venous (LeVeen) Shunt
- 1 May 1986
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
- Vol. 5 (3) , 476-480
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00005176-198605000-00026
Abstract
A case is described of an infant who at 5 days of age developed an echovirus 11 infection with hepatic failure and intractable ascites, refractory to medical treatment. The ascites was successfully controlled with a peritoneo-venous (Le Veen) shunt inserted at 6 weeks of age. The shunt was subsequently removed when the infant was 4 months of age with no recurrence of ascites. At long-term follow-up he is growing and developing normally. This case shows that an adult Le Veen shunt can be successfully modified for use in the newborn with worthwhile long-term survival.Keywords
This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: